Deadline: 09 July, 2023

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking to fill the role of Programme Analyst.

UNDP’s mission is to lead the United Nations in its fight for a world without poverty, in which women are empowered, inequality is addressed and the planet is protected.

Responsibilities

• Provide policy advisory support to the government and the private sector in scaling up financing for the SDGs
• Provide technical assistance in the implementation of Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF)
• Develop and maintain service offers that support the government to develop the technical elements of the INFF building blocks, including working with SDG impact, insurance and risk financing facility and other teams to deploy services
• Coordinate the implementation of UNDP’s SDG impact investment initiative to drive private sector participation in financing the SDGs in Nigeria
• Analyse the local impact investment ecosystem and identify potential synergies with UNDP’s private sector development work in the country
• Support the implementation of UNDP’s insurance and risk financing initiative in Nigeria, including diagnostics and risk finance solutions for vulnerable groups
• Provide technical support to the government to identify innovative financing mechanisms to mobilise financing for the SDG
• Provide technical support to federal and state investment promotion agencies to review business support strategies to increase access to finance for SMEs and incentivise private investments
• Support the head of SPIEG unit in relevant analytical and policy oriented work on SDG finance, and other related topics
• Draft internal UNDP briefing notes and talking points for senior management on development finance initiatives
• Support the country office in its engagement on SDGs and SDG financing with the government, private sector, UN country team, IFIs, and development partners
• Develop partnerships and lead engagements with the private sector to drive the mobilisation of private capital towards SDG-aligned development needs
• Organise multi-stakeholder consultative forums, including public-private dialogues to foster collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders
• Identify potential synergies between UNDP Nigeria, the UNDP regional hub and UNDP country offices implementing similar Initiatives
• Support UNDP in building strategic alliances and partnerships with governments, private sector, think tanks, academic institutions, development partners and others to expand UNDP’s work on SDG financing
• Strengthen collaboration with other UN agencies and external partners to scale innovative financing for the SDGs
• Increase capacity of states to mobilise private investments for the SDGs
• Work closely with sub-national governments in designing their SDG-aligned state development plans
• Perform other duties as may be required by supervisor

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Development, Economics, Public Policy or a closely related field, or first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in a related field with two years of relevant experience
• Two years, minimum, of work experience in sustainable development finance, policy analysis, private sector development, strategic planning, and resource mobilisation
• Excellent knowledge of current development finance landscape in Nigeria, including international and domestic public and private finance flows
• Experience in leading consultations with government officials and facilitating discussions among a wide group of stakeholders
• Experience working with government on reforms to public and/or private finance policy (desirable)
• Experience working on integrated national financing frameworks and impact investments is a strong plus
• Strong record in engaging with the private sector and development partners on issues relating to SDGs and finance
• Excellent writing skills as demonstrated by previous research/analytical reports/policy notes on relevant topics
• Experience working in and with developing countries in Africa, especially Nigeria
• Experience working with UNDP or UN development system on matters related to development finance policies will be an advantage
• Verbal and written fluency in English

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